It’s oftentimes hard to find really great college sports merchandise these days. Homefield, of course, has a fantastic collection of t-shirts and some sweatshirts, and despite the fact that Under Armour doesn’t exactly have a great batting average in churning out fire ND apparel since they took over from Adidas nearly 10 years ago, there have been a few solid options available at the Notre Dame bookstore (albeit for exorbitant prices). And then, of course, you could roll the dice with a purchase of “The Shirt.”
But with the rise of Fanatics as seemingly one of the only major nationwide retailers with an extensive available assortment of this kind of gear, Notre Dame Fighting Irish football fans, like various other fan bases across the country, have been clamoring for updated, trendy attire to don each fall but coming up short in having those kinds of options available to them.